The St. Johns herald., 1887-05-12

1 by the Critic being so extensively copied, that we feel we would be doing gross injustice to an honora- ble gentleman, not to say some thing in regard to the matter, and correct some misstatements that have been put in circulation by the highly embellished account of the affair given in that p"per. We do so without animus-simply as an act of justice. Personally we have no feeling in the matter-our rela- tions with both parties are of q friendly nature. We have talked with some half a dozen different persons who were present at the commencement of the difficulty and saw the close. We have failed to find one who will say that MT. Baldwin's knuckles were protected by any metal covering of whatever nature, and the assault was made in the middle of the afternoon of q bright, sunshiny day. As to the provocation, we think one extract alone, which will be found below (although there are no names men, toned, still every one who Is at all conversant with our local affairs can have no hesitancy in arriving at a conclusion as to who the Critic had reference when 1t used the term ''itinerant shyster,") is sufi- cient to have caused the infiction of even a more severe chastisement.
 The Critic in its sensational &C., count of the affair above referred to, uses the following language:
 "The assault was wholly unprovoked, nothing ever published in this papor would, or could be made to justify it, as reference to it's files will testify"
 A little further on, in the same article, we find the following:
 "This paper has, with all it's power, endeavored to expose official misdeeds, while it has CAREFULLY AVOIDED person. alities or criticisms on private charac- ter, and under this rule it will still la bor."
 These extracts are from the Critic of the 18th of April. We will now give one in which we suppose it intended to carefully avoid per sonalities," and see what the pub lie will think of it's protestations,
 ''It is to be hoped, for the good of Apache county, that the bill now before the legislature to abolish the county court sy tenn, does not become law. The passage of the bill means that the official machinery of this county will be placed in the hands of certain clique composed of few "tricksters" and an itinerant ''shyster."
 In an editorial article July 1, 1886, we find the following:
 "The Apache County Critic has not, and WILL NOT, print or publish any item or article that official deleliction does not warrant or demand"
 In its issue of the 7th of April it says:
 'It was the established custom of the late board of supervisors to issue war rants upon all sorts of fictitious claims, but the present board have established an entirely different rule. They, as we'll as their.predecessorsi in office, issue war rants ad libitum, but without any claim whatever, so you see where the differ ence lies. Step right up to the "star chamber" all you who are suffering with impecuniosity and get your "divy" from the public crib. Now's your time, so step up to the "boodle-shop" at once no trouble to sign warrants"
 We have given these extracts to show in the first place the inconsis- tency of that journal, and in the second place to show that almost all county officials have had suffi- cient provocatlon to have given it's editor a good humping.
 Now we would like the Critic to come down to solid facts, and give the people the names, dates and amounts of warrants issued on fictitious claims" Can it cite and prove that ther. has ever been a single warrant ordered drawn on the Treasury, either by the board that went out on the first of the year or the present Board that was not legitimate.
 We claim the right to criticise